- I think it's awful, says Zibbe Gauffin who SVT: meets near one of the five cordoned off places in central Vetlanda.
He says he is glad that his children did not pass through the central parts of the city at around 3 pm when the alarm came that a person armed with some form of shelter was attacking people.
- It could have been oneself who was in place at the wrong time, he says.
"Has received calls from people who barely dare to go out"
Some distance away in the Mission Church, the municipality's Posom group has opened up to support those who have a need for it.
- We have a crisis group that now helps people to process what has happened.
There are very many who have been affected, says opposition councilor Jan Johansson in the local party Vetlanda's forward spirit.
Several people he has spoken to have expressed that they are shaken after the incident.
- I just got a call from people who barely dare to go out.
People wonder what is happening in little Vetlanda.
Eight people have been taken to hospital after the violence in Vetlanda.
Several have been seriously injured and the suspected perpetrator, who was armed with some form of assault, has been shot by police.
Several areas have been cordoned off in connection with the operation.